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Enrollment
1,210
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985011171
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School
1351 N HARDIN RD, MCKINNEY, TX 75071 · (469) 302-7900 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,210 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 94% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
270 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 395 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 398 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 417 | 34% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School→McKinney Boyd High School
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from MCKINNEY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
73.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 26.0% | 15.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 39.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% | 15.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 73.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 45.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School this school | 1,210 | 22.3% | 68.2% |
| John M Tidwell Middle School ROANOKE | 1,062 | 22.8% | 63.2% |
| Grady Burnett Junior High School WYLIE | 1,064 | 28.4% | 66.9% |
| Woodcreek Junior High School KATY | 1,566 | 23.6% | 74.2% |
| Salyards Middle School CYPRESS | 1,413 | 23.9% | 71.8% |
| Doerre Intermediate School KLEIN | 1,188 | 28.7% | 71.3% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #124 of 1,635 | #21 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #162 of 1,670 ▼ 19 | #24 of 57 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #232 of 1,670 ▼ 75 | #30 of 57 ▼ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.0pp | #150 of 1,570 | #5 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,210 | #116 of 1,749 | #9 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #715 of 1,542 | #18 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #219 of 1,543 | #36 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #1,543 of 1,648 | #32 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #685 of 942 | #25 of 29 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,210
-23 (-2%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 1,125
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,210 | 84 | 14.4:1 | 22% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 1,220 | 86.6 | 14.1:1 | 22% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 1,280 | 87 | 14.7:1 | 24% (304) |
| 2020-21 | 1,233 | 83 | 14.9:1 | 21% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 1,322 | 82.1 | 16.1:1 | 21% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 1,243 | 83 | 15.0:1 | 19% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 1,125 | 78 | 14.4:1 | 28% (316) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,322 to 1,210); teachers up 2% (82.1 to 84).
About Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School is a large middle-grades school serving families in MCKINNEY, Texas. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 1,210 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Texas is about 643, so this school runs 88% larger than that.
MCKINNEY ISD oversees Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School and 32 other schools, with 23,296 students in total.
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 50%. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The White share in Collin County as a whole is similar, at about 54%. Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 84 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.4:1. That matches the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas fairly closely. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 22%.
The allk12 Grade for Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School is A. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 94% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 68.2%, compared with a predicted 64.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the county around the school, Collin County, the median household income is $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 338 public schools in Collin County, enrolling about 227,575 students in all.
The shortest distance from Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to Imagine International Academy of North Texas. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School places 3rd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School was 1,233 in 2020-21 and 1,210 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Community posts for Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MCKINNEY ISD
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Faubion Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
- Dowell Middle SchoolMiddle · 995 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
Nearby schools
- Imagine International Academy of North Texas0.9 mi · 1,445
- McKinney Boyd High School0.9 mi · 2,547
- Slaughter Elementary School1.2 mi · 554
- Herman Lawson Early Childhood School1.3 mi · 606
- Jose De Jesus and Maria Luisa Vega Elementary School1.4 mi · 491
- Gary and Bobbye Jack Minshew Elementary School1.6 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolHow many students attend Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School?
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School enrolls approximately 1,210 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School serve?
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School is approximately 14.4:1 (84 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School?
At Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 19% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School public or private?
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MCKINNEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.